George Radford

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Sir
George Radford
Member of Parliament
for Islington East
In office
1906–1917
Preceded byBenjamin Cohen
Succeeded byEdward Smallwood
Personal details
Born
George Heynes Radford

17 June 1851
Ditton Hill, England
Political partyLiberal
Alma materLondon University

Sir George Heynes Radford

JP (17 June 1851 – 5 October 1917) was an English solicitor and Liberal politician. He was a member of parliament for Islington East
from 1906 to 1917.

Family and education

Radford was born in Plymouth,

Justice of the Peace. They had four daughters and a son; Barbara, Katherine, Cecily, Ursula and George Lawrence.[5]

Career

Radford was admitted as a solicitor in 1872.[2] He joined the firm of Radford and Frankland which had its offices in Chancery Lane, eventually becoming senior partner.[3]

Politics

Radford was first involved in London local politics. He was

MP for Islington East, a seat he went on to hold, albeit by small majorities, until his death in 1917.[7] Radford always took a prominent part in London County Council elections and was for two years Chairman of the Council's Parliamentary Committee.[2]

Other appointments and honours

Radford served as Chairman of the

knighted in the 1916 Birthday Honours.[2]

Transport

Radford had a particular interest in transport in London and a passion for tramways. He noted the advanced use of trams in Budapest and led a British Parliamentary delegation to Hungary in 1906. In 1908, the first cross-river tram in London departed from Holborn Station and it is believed that Radford was responsible for the honour of the maiden trip starting in Islington.[6]

Papers

A collection of scrapbooks of news cuttings, notices, posters etc. donated by Miss U Radford in 1975, documenting Radford's career is deposited in the London Metropolitan Archives .[9] A collection of documents including correspondence, books, photographs, campaign flyers etc. belonging to George Radford and several family members is deposited in the Islington Local History Centre Archive.[10]

Publications

Radford had an interest in literature and published occasional verses and essays. In 1894 he wrote Shylock and Others a selection of eight literary studies (published by T Fisher Unwin) and in 1917 he published Verses and Versicles (T Fisher Unwin). But he also had an interest in

Sir John Falstaff, and this was made public in 1887.[11]

Death

Radford died at his residence, Chiswick House,

Ditton Hill on 5 October 1917, aged 66 years.[2]

References

  1. ^ Debrett's House of Commons, and the Judicial Bench. Dean & Son, Limited. 1915. Retrieved 29 April 2019. George Heynes Radford, son of the late George David Radford, of Plymouth; b. June 17th, 1851
  2. ^ a b c d e "Obituary". The Times. 8 October 1917. p. 11.
  3. ^ a b Who was Who; OUP online, 2007
  4. ^ The Times, 31 January 1872 p12
  5. ^ Islington Local Heritage Centre. George Radford collection.
  6. ^ a b Thomas Lorman (Summer 2011). "Trams below ground... ...the Hungarian connection" (PDF). Journal of the Islington Archaeology and History Society. 1 (2).
  7. ^ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918;Macmillan, 1974 p23
  8. ^ The Times, 8 October 1917 p11
  9. ^ "RADFORD, Sir George Heynes (1851-1917)". aim25.ac.uk.
  10. ^ "George Radford Collection". islington.adlibhosting.com.
  11. ^ Birrell, Augustine, Obiter Dicta, Second Series, p.v (New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1887) (retrieved Oct. 28, 2023).

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